Job Description

Main duties and responsibilities:

Produce team management accounts and support queries from business manager teams

Planning system and process :

• Actively develop and check the integrity of the planning model build and outputs  
• Support and enable planning reviews
• Develop an understanding of data capture processes and data sources
• Work with a project team to build a new model to support a growing business and medium term planning requirements  
• Develop an understanding of management information requirements and continuously develop and improve
• Work with reporting SMEs in order to understand planning and reporting structures for statutory as well as management accounts.
• Gain an understanding of data organisation and system architect structures across the business in order to develop planning capability including non financial metrics
• Develop networks across data management and system teams; join data management strategic development groups and work collaborative with data and system teams
• Evaluate planning system user needs and system functionality
• Develop sme knowledge of the planning product and planning within Pinsent Masons and generally accepted good practice
• Support internal use of the product and develop training information suitable for users to get the most from the product
• Ensure that we use the product in line with the terms of the licence

Qualifications:

• Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) preferable

Relevant Experience:

• Previous experience of working with a planning systems – Adaptive planning, Cognos, Hyperion – knowledge of Adaptive planning advantageous
• Management accounting Previous Experienced in developing and improving the presentation of management information
• Demonstrable experience of improving processes and procedures
• Experience in reporting and data management in a large business
• Previous experience of implementing process, data management and reporting improvements in the context of management reporting and cost control

Key Skills:

• High level of systems/IT literacy
• Logic/ programming experience
• Excellent communicator, persuasive and tenacious, with proven ability to develop relationships at all levels in the business
• Strong time management skills with the proven ability to multi-task and work within a busy environment and meet frequent deadlines
• Accuracy and high level of attention to detail
• Self starter approach on development, learning systems and adding value

Personal Qualities/ Behaviours:

• Good communication skills (both written and oral)
• Excellent team player who is reliable and flexible
• Innovative
• Ability to prioritise effectively and work on own initiative
• Organised and methodical
• Approachable and good at forming relationships with people at all levels in the Firm
• Positive and pro-active